Safe start at home: What parents of newborns need after early discharge from hospital - A focus group study Healthcare needs and demand

BMC Health Services Research

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2016, Pages

  Kurth, Elisabeth ^a,b,c,d   Krähenbühl, Katrin ^e   Eicher, Manuela ^f,g   Rodmann, Susanne ^d,h   Fölmli, Luzia ⁱ   Conzelmann, Cornelia ^j   Zemp, Elisabeth ^b,c  

^a ZURICH UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Switzerland)

^b SWISS TROPICAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^d Familystart Beider Basel   (Switzerland)

^e BERN UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Switzerland)

^f UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES WESTERN SWITZERLAND   (Switzerland)

^g UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^h UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BASEL   (Switzerland)

ⁱ Parents Counselling Basel Stadt   (Switzerland)

^j UNICEF   (United States)

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Author keywords

Health visiting; Interprofessional collaboration; Length of hospital stay; Midwifery; Patient satisfaction; Postnatal care

Indexed keywords

BREAST FEEDING; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COORDINATION; DNA TRANSCRIPTION; FEMALE; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HEALTH CARE NEED; HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INFANT; MIDWIFE; MODEL; MONITORING; MOTHER; NEWBORN; POSTNATAL CARE; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; SELF CARE; SPEECH; STRATIFIED SAMPLE; WELLBEING; ADULT; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HOME VISIT; HOTLINE; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; PARENT; PREGNANCY; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGICAL ADJUSTMENT; PSYCHOLOGY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SWITZERLAND; TRENDS;

ADULT; BREAST FEEDING; EMOTIONAL ADJUSTMENT; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HOTLINES; HOUSE CALLS; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MIDWIFERY; PARENTS; PATIENT DISCHARGE; POSTNATAL CARE; PREGNANCY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SELF CARE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SWITZERLAND;

EID: 84960454915     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726963     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12913-016-1300-2     Document Type: Article

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